Whodunit Column by Bruce Tierney

Big shoes! Those are what Anne Hillerman has to fill in taking over for her father, the late best-selling writer Tony Hillerman, beloved by critics and readers alike for his iconic Navajo mysteries, which spanned a whopping 36 years. Longtime Hillerman (père) protagonists Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are both on hand for Anne Hillerman’s debut novel, Spider Woman’s Daughter, but...

Feature by Robert Reid

Robert Reid is the U.S. Travel Editor for Lonely Planet. In a column written exclusively for BookPage, he highlights terrific travel books, both old and new. This month, he selects some of the best books for choosing your 2013 destinations. Every year Lonely Planet’s world-traipsing authors and editors produce travel recommendations for the year to come, and this year is no exception...

Whodunit Column by Bruce Tierney

Arnaldur Indridason, the Icelandic author best known for his popular series featuring Reykjavik’s Inspector Erlendur, returns with a stand-alone thriller, Operation Napoleon. This tale of murder and intrigue has roots in wartime Berlin, half a continent (and half a century) away from the Icelandic glacier where the main plot will commence. The backstory, explained in a few introductory...

Whodunit Column by Bruce Tierney

We have quite an international batch of books this month, with entries from such far-flung locales as South Africa, Iceland, Kyushu (Japan) and wartime Europe. Three are from long-time favorites, and the fourth, Villain, by Shuichi Yoshida, marks the English-language debut for the award-winning Japanese author. Villain reads not unlike a series of in-depth police interviews concerning the...